Cranbourne Court, N2

Block in/near East Finchley .

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Block · East Finchley · N2 ·
FEBRUARY
23
2001
Cranbourne Court is a block on Briar Close.





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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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MARY RUSHTON-BEALES   
Added: 25 Jan 2021 17:58 GMT   

MY GRANDMA GREW UP HERE - 100 WILLIFIELD WAY
MY GRANDMA WINIFRED AND HER BROTHERS ERIC AND JEFF LIVED AT 100 WILLIFIELD WAY. THEY WERE PART OF THE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. GRANDMA ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WILLIFIELD WAY AND HER LIFE IN HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB WITH GREAT AFFECTION. SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT THEY HAD BETTER EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY LIVED THERE. NOT LONG AGO MY BROTHER AND I TOOK THE TRAIN TO THIS PART OF LONDON AND WALKED DOWN THE ROAD. THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Born here
Michael   
Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT   

Momentous Birth!
I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School

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Mike Levy   
Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT   

Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz
On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action"

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Lady Townshend   
Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT   

Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811)
I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received

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Alex Britton   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT   

Late opening
The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop).

But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER).

Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT   

Shhh....
Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT   

The connection with Bletchley Park
The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT   

The deepest station
At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall.

Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:15 GMT   

Not as Central as advertised...
Hendon Central was by no means the centre of Hendon when built, being a green field site. It was built at the same time as both the North Circular Road and the A41 were built as major truck roads �’ an early example of joined up London transport planning.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Park Farm, Finchley give much of its land to the later Hampstead Garden Surburb.
Newmarket Farm existed until 1855.
Long Lane Pasture Long Lane Pasture is a meadow hidden away in the heart of North London’s suburbs.
Long Lane Pasture

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Court, N3 Abbey Court is a block on Ashridge Close.
Abbey Court, N3
Amberden Avenue, N3 Amberden Avenue is a road in the N3 postcode area
Amberden Avenue, N3
Arden Cottages, N3 Arden Cottages is a location in London.
Arden Cottages, N3
Ashridge Close, N3 Ashridge Close is a location in London.
Ashridge Close, N3
Basing Way, N3 Basing Way is a road in the N3 postcode area
Basing Way, N3
Benedict Way, N2 Benedict Way is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Benedict Way, N2
Brackenbury Road, N2 Brackenbury Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Brackenbury Road, N2
Brendon Grove, N2 Brendon Grove is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Brendon Grove, N2
Briar Close, N3 Briar Close is a modern road lying east of the North Circular Road.
Briar Close, N3
Briarfield Avenue, N3 Briarfield Avenue backs onto Finchley Cricket Club.
Briarfield Avenue, N3
Briarfield Road, N3 Briarfield Road is a location in London.
Briarfield Road, N3
Brighton Road, N2 Brighton Road is a road in the N2 postcode area
Brighton Road, N2
Buckland House, N2 Buckland House is a building on Thomas More Way.
Buckland House, N2
Cecilia Close, N2 Cecilia Close is a road in the N2 postcode area
Cecilia Close, N2
Chamberlain Road, N2 Chamberlain Road is a road in the N2 postcode area
Chamberlain Road, N2
Clare Close, N2 Clare Close is a location in London.
Clare Close, N2
Denison Close, N2 The flats in Denison Close have a modern feel, with horizontal paned casement windows.
Denison Close, N2
Dudley Road, N3 Dudley Road is a road in the N3 postcode area
Dudley Road, N3
East End Road, N3 East End Road was originally the route from the hamlet of Church End Finchley to the old Great North Road when it ran through Muswell Hill.
East End Road, N3
Edeleny Close, N2 Edeleny Close is a location in London.
Edeleny Close, N2
Eger Close, N3 Eger Close lies off of Basing Way.
Eger Close, N3
Elm Gardens, N2 Elm Gardens is a road in the N2 postcode area
Elm Gardens, N2
Font Hills, N2 Font Hills is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Font Hills, N2
Green Lane, N2 Green Lane is a lost road of Finchley.
Green Lane, N2
Hamilton Road, N2 Hamilton Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Hamilton Road, N2
Hampstead Heights, N2 Hampstead Heights is a road in the N2 postcode area
Hampstead Heights, N2
Helen Close, N2 Helen Close is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Helen Close, N2
Holyoake Walk, N2 Holyoake Walk has brick and render houses with modernist influences.
Holyoake Walk, N2
Juliana Close, N2 Juliana Close is a road in the N2 postcode area
Juliana Close, N2
Litchfileld Grove, N3 Litchfileld Grove is a location in London.
Litchfileld Grove, N3
Manor Cottages Approach, N2 Manor Cottages Approach is a road in the N2 postcode area
Manor Cottages Approach, N2
Manor View, N3 Manor View is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.
Manor View, N3
Moat Crescent, N3 Moat Crescent is a road in the N3 postcode area
Moat Crescent, N3
Neale Close, N2 Neale Close was designed by Butler in 1929.
Neale Close, N2
North Circular Road, NW11 The North Circular Road is an arterial road of London.
North Circular Road, NW11
Park Farm Close, N2 Park Farm Close is a road in the N2 postcode area
Park Farm Close, N2
Pavilion Mews, N3 Pavilion Mews is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.
Pavilion Mews, N3
Ploughmans Walk, N2 Ploughmans Walk is a road in the N2 postcode area
Ploughmans Walk, N2
Primrose Close, N3 Primrose Close is a road in the N3 postcode area
Primrose Close, N3
Richmond Road, N2 Richmond Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
Richmond Road, N2
Rosemary Avenue, N3 Rosemary Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.
Rosemary Avenue, N3
Sedgemere Avenue, N2 Sedgemere Avenue is named after Sedgemere House which stood on the site.
Sedgemere Avenue, N2
St Mary’s Green, N2 St Mary’s Green is a road in the N2 postcode area
St Mary’s Green, N2
Sylvan Avenue, N3 Sylvan Avenue is a road in the N3 postcode area
Sylvan Avenue, N3
Tangle Tree Close, N3 Tangle Tree Close is a road in the N3 postcode area
Tangle Tree Close, N3
The Mead, N2 The Mead is a road in the N2 postcode area
The Mead, N2
Wilmot Close, N2 Wilmot Close is a road in the N2 postcode area
Wilmot Close, N2

NEARBY PUBS
The Dick Turpin
The Dick Turpin
West Finchley Bowling Club
West Finchley Bowling Club
Wilf Slack Sports Club
Wilf Slack Sports Club


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East Finchley

East Finchley is a suburban development, five miles north north-west of Charing Cross.

The land on which East Finchley now stands was once part of the Bishop of London’s hunting ground. More recently, it was home to some grand ’country’ estates of wealthy Londoners, from which several roads take their names (e.g. Summerlee Avenue, Park Hall Road). At one time East Finchley was referred to as ’East End’.

East Finchley underground station, first opened in 1863 by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, is topped by a famous statue of an archer, created in the Art Deco style, and pointing his arrow towards the other end of the tunnel which starts south of the station and runs all the way to the end of the Northern Line at Morden. This 27.8 km tunnel was for many years the longest in the world. There was originally an arrow at Morden Station to match the archer at East Finchley, but this was stolen not long after the station was opened.


LOCAL PHOTOS
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Bute Mews
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In the neighbourhood...

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Claigmar Vineyard, Finchley (1921) Remembered in a few local street names such as Vines Avenue, the Claigmar Vineyards were begun by the Kay family in 1874. They not only produced 100 tons of grapes per year but also a quarter of a million cucumbers. During the 1920s, the vineyard was finally built over.
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Finchley in 1814
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